The complete 97th series from the long-running topical BBC Radio 4 comedy panel show, hosted by Miles Jupp, with special guest hosts including Jo Brand, Bridget Christie, Susan Calman and Lucy Porter. Eight more episodes featuring a panel of comedy guests who trawl through news stories big and small to provide comedy, commentary, irony and irreverence.

1 out of 5 stars

Miserable

By
Pixie
on
22-01-19

The News Quiz: Series 96

The Topical BBC Radio 4 Comedy Panel Show

By:
BBC Radio Comedy

Narrated by:
Miles Jupp

Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins

Original Recording

Overall

5 out of 5 stars
9

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
8

Story

5 out of 5 stars
8

Eight more episodes featuring a panel of comedy guests who trawl through news stories big and small to provide comedy, commentary, irony and irreverence. The guests featured in this series include Andy Hamilton, Zoe Lyons, Hugo Rifkind, Jeremy Hardy, Felicity Ward, Mark Steel, Holly Walsh, Andy Zaltzman, Lucy Porter and Vicki Pepperdine.

It's Not What You Know: Series 1-5

The BBC Radio 4 Comedy Panel Show

By:
BBC Radio Comedy

Narrated by:
Miles Jupp,
Joe Lycett

Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins

Original Recording

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
24

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
19

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
18

It's not what you know but who you know that matters...and, indeed, how well you know them. The show is a bit like ‘Mr and Mrs’, except that it's not played by husbands and wives. Instead, panellists can pick anyone they like: dad, cousin, best friend, mother-in-law. What is Bridget Christie's worst fear? Or Ainsley Harriott's worst habit? Or Seann Walsh's worst gig? All these burning questions, and more, will be answered in this BBC comedy panel show hosted by Miles Jupp, where panellists are tested on how well they know their nearest and dearest.

5 out of 5 stars

Great entertainment

By
philip white
on
27-12-18

Susan Calman Is Convicted: Series 1 and 2

BBC Radio 4 Stand Up Comedy

By:
Susan Calman

Narrated by:
Susan Calman

Length: 3 hrs and 43 mins

Original Recording

Overall

5 out of 5 stars
8

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
8

Story

5 out of 5 stars
8

Susan Calman has some very strong opinions, and in her radio debut she expresses them with her trademark wit and charm. In series 1, she examines the current hot political topic of equal marriage, looks at the issues surrounding the death penalty from the perspective gained whilst working on death row, considers how best to deal with depression and evaluates what it means to be Scottish. In series 2 she explains why she has never been interested in having children, explores society’s obsession with appearance, discusses intellectual snobbery and asks what it is that makes us human.

Dead Ringers is back with more topical comedy, political vituperation, media mauling and celebrity savaging from Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Lewis MacLeod, Debra Stephenson, Duncan Wisbey and Josh Berry. In the six shows from series 18, ‘Brexit Bulldog’ David Davis decides to go back in time to 1973 and prevent Britain from joining the EEC in the first place, Joan Bakewell explains Love Island to Radio 4 listeners and we hear the team’s unique take on the summit between Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump.

5 out of 5 stars

Another excellent series

By
Lesley Townsend
on
02-12-18

The News Quiz: Series 97

The topical BBC Radio 4 comedy panel show

By:
BBC Radio Comedy

Narrated by:
Jo Brand,
Miles Jupp,
Bridget Christie,
and others

Length: 3 hrs and 42 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
10

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
10

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
10

The complete 97th series from the long-running topical BBC Radio 4 comedy panel show, hosted by Miles Jupp, with special guest hosts including Jo Brand, Bridget Christie, Susan Calman and Lucy Porter. Eight more episodes featuring a panel of comedy guests who trawl through news stories big and small to provide comedy, commentary, irony and irreverence.

1 out of 5 stars

Miserable

By
Pixie
on
22-01-19

The News Quiz: Series 96

The Topical BBC Radio 4 Comedy Panel Show

By:
BBC Radio Comedy

Narrated by:
Miles Jupp

Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins

Original Recording

Overall

5 out of 5 stars
9

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
8

Story

5 out of 5 stars
8

Eight more episodes featuring a panel of comedy guests who trawl through news stories big and small to provide comedy, commentary, irony and irreverence. The guests featured in this series include Andy Hamilton, Zoe Lyons, Hugo Rifkind, Jeremy Hardy, Felicity Ward, Mark Steel, Holly Walsh, Andy Zaltzman, Lucy Porter and Vicki Pepperdine.

It's Not What You Know: Series 1-5

The BBC Radio 4 Comedy Panel Show

By:
BBC Radio Comedy

Narrated by:
Miles Jupp,
Joe Lycett

Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins

Original Recording

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
24

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
19

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
18

It's not what you know but who you know that matters...and, indeed, how well you know them. The show is a bit like ‘Mr and Mrs’, except that it's not played by husbands and wives. Instead, panellists can pick anyone they like: dad, cousin, best friend, mother-in-law. What is Bridget Christie's worst fear? Or Ainsley Harriott's worst habit? Or Seann Walsh's worst gig? All these burning questions, and more, will be answered in this BBC comedy panel show hosted by Miles Jupp, where panellists are tested on how well they know their nearest and dearest.

5 out of 5 stars

Great entertainment

By
philip white
on
27-12-18

Susan Calman Is Convicted: Series 1 and 2

BBC Radio 4 Stand Up Comedy

By:
Susan Calman

Narrated by:
Susan Calman

Length: 3 hrs and 43 mins

Original Recording

Overall

5 out of 5 stars
8

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
8

Story

5 out of 5 stars
8

Susan Calman has some very strong opinions, and in her radio debut she expresses them with her trademark wit and charm. In series 1, she examines the current hot political topic of equal marriage, looks at the issues surrounding the death penalty from the perspective gained whilst working on death row, considers how best to deal with depression and evaluates what it means to be Scottish. In series 2 she explains why she has never been interested in having children, explores society’s obsession with appearance, discusses intellectual snobbery and asks what it is that makes us human.

Dead Ringers is back with more topical comedy, political vituperation, media mauling and celebrity savaging from Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Lewis MacLeod, Debra Stephenson, Duncan Wisbey and Josh Berry. In the six shows from series 18, ‘Brexit Bulldog’ David Davis decides to go back in time to 1973 and prevent Britain from joining the EEC in the first place, Joan Bakewell explains Love Island to Radio 4 listeners and we hear the team’s unique take on the summit between Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump.

5 out of 5 stars

Another excellent series

By
Lesley Townsend
on
02-12-18

Jeremy Hardy Feels It

The BBC Radio 4 Comedy

By:
Jeremy Hardy

Narrated by:
Jeremy Hardy

Length: 1 hr and 51 mins

Original Recording

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
16

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
12

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
11

Jeremy Hardy returns with a brand-new series that not only seconds that emotion but explains it, too. Yes, BBC Radio 4's most passionate polemicist returns to the airwaves with a new format which promises to be both personal and profound, and to present sides of Jeremy you won't have heard before. He may even sing. (He won't sing.)

5 out of 5 stars

Brilliantly funny as usual

By
Bee
on
04-02-19

The News Quiz: The Best of 2017

The Topical BBC Radio 4 Comedy Panel Show

By:
BBC Radio Comedy

Narrated by:
Miles Jupp,
full cast

Length: 1 hr and 50 mins

Original Recording

Overall

5 out of 5 stars
6

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
5

Story

5 out of 5 stars
5

Miles Jupp chairs four hilarious and topical episodes of
The News Quiz. Featuring the show's regular panellists, this collection highlights the best of this flagship Radio 4 comedy.

Susan Calman: Keep Calman Carry On

The Complete Series 1 and 2

By:
Susan Calman

Narrated by:
Susan Calman

Length: 3 hrs and 42 mins

Original Recording

Overall

5 out of 5 stars
37

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
33

Story

5 out of 5 stars
32

Susan Calman is the least relaxed person she knows. She has no downtime, no hobbies (unless you count dressing up your cats in silly outfits), and her idea of relaxation is to play Assassin's Creed, an hour into which she is in a murderous rage with sky-high blood pressure. Her wife had to threaten to divorce her to make her go on holiday, and she's been told by the same long-suffering wife that unless she finds a way to switch off, and soon, she's going to be unbearable. Susan decided her best bet was to try to immerse herself in the pursuits that her friends find relaxing.

5 out of 5 stars

Superb!

By
Kat
on
07-08-18

The News Quiz: Series 93

The topical BBC Radio 4 comedy panel show

By:
BBC Radio Comedy

Narrated by:
Jeremy Hardy,
Miles Jupp,
Susan Calman

Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins

Original Recording

Overall

5 out of 5 stars
24

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
19

Story

5 out of 5 stars
19

Series 93 of the popular comedy panel show
The News Quiz, chaired by Miles Jupp.

I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue 17

The Award-Winning BBC Radio 4 Comedy

By:
BBC

Narrated by:
Barry Cryer,
Graeme Garden,
Jack Dee,
and others

Length: 2 hrs and 11 mins

Original Recording

Overall

5 out of 5 stars
25

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
19

Story

5 out of 5 stars
18

Welcome to the 17th collection of episodes from the famous antidote to panel games. Jack Dee challenges regular panelists Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden with a series of silly games against which to pit their wits, along with special guests Harry Hill, Sandi Toksvig, Omid Djalili and Miles Jupp. Highlights include Word for Word, Alien Duets, Swanee Kazoo, Meat Eater’s Songbook, In My Pants, Mornington Crescent, Not My Fault, Pig Farmer’s Songbook, Specialist Greetings Cards, Unsuccessful Charities, Dentists’ Film Club and the ever-popular One Song to the Tune of Another.

The News Quiz: A Vintage Collection

Headlines and punchlines from the BBC Radio 4 series

By:
BBC Radio Comedy

Narrated by:
Barry Took,
Alan Coren,
Simon Hoggart

Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins

Original Recording

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
56

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
45

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
43

A sparkling collection of archive highlights from
The News Quiz, which began on BBC Radio 4 in 1977 and continues to this day. Its chairmen have included Barry Norman, Barry Took, Simon Hoggart, Sandi Toksvig and Miles Jupp, and its guests have been drawn from the cream of British comedians, journalists and politicians: Alan Coren, Richard Ingrams, Ian Hislop, Peter Cook, Linda Smith, Jeremy Hardy, Clive Anderson, Jo Brand, William Hague, Boris Johnson, Edwina Currie and many more.

2 out of 5 stars

Not a selection of shows

By
@slytherinshare
on
02-09-17

The News Quiz: Series 94

The Topical BBC Radio 4 Comedy Panel Show

By:
BBC Radio Comedy

Narrated by:
Miles Jupp

Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins

Original Recording

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
24

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
20

Story

5 out of 5 stars
19

The complete 94th series from the long-running topical BBC Radio 4 comedy panel show, hosted by Miles Jupp. Eight more episodes featuring a panel of comedy guests who trawl through news stories big and small to provide comedy, commentary, irony and irreverence. Guests featured in this series include Jeremy Hardy, Andy Hamilton, Desiree Burch, Lucy Porter, Holly Walsh, Rich Hall, Mark Steel and Katy Brand.

5 out of 5 stars

best way to get news :)

By
TheCritic
on
01-05-18

The News Quiz: Series 92

The topical BBC Radio 4 comedy panel show

By:
BBC Radio Comedy

Narrated by:
Miles Jupp

Length: 3 hrs and 40 mins

Original Recording

Overall

5 out of 5 stars
23

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
21

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
20

The complete 92nd series of the long-running BBC Radio 4 satirical quiz, hosted by Miles Jupp. The popular topical comedy panel game returns with eight more episodes, trawling through news stories big and small to provide comedy, commentary, irony and irreverence.

Behaving Ourselves

David Mitchell on Manners

By:
David Mitchell

Narrated by:
David Mitchell

Length: 1 hr and 50 mins

Original Recording

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
15

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
14

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
14

Over the course of the series, David eats his lunchtime sandwiches with children in a primary school and later goes to a street market to see manners - good and bad - in action. He explores where our manners come from with Professor Steven Pinker from Harvard University and the author Henry Hitchings. What do we mean by 'civility' and 'good manners' in public places? Why are people still pinching vicars' bottoms, and what can the state do to improve standards of public behaviour? And, David asks, how is the digital age changing our sense of public space?

5 out of 5 stars

present ďaý values

By
Mrs V A H
on
14-01-19

The News Quiz: Series 88

Eight episodes of the topical BBC Radio 4 panel game

By:
BBC Radio Comedy

Narrated by:
full cast,
Jeremy Hardy,
Miles Jupp

Length: 3 hrs and 42 mins

Original Recording

Overall

5 out of 5 stars
31

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
27

Story

5 out of 5 stars
26

In his first series, Miles Jupp is in the chair for eight episodes of BBC Radio 4's ever-popular topical comedy show.
The News Quiz,'the finest topical comedy panel game known to radio', has been providing headlines, punchlines and a sharply satirical take on the news since it first aired in 1977. In these eight episodes, the players include regulars such as Mark Steel, Susan Calman, Jeremy Hardy, Samira Ahmed and Lucy Porter....

Jeremy Hardy Speaks To The Nation, Complete Series 1

By:
BBC Audiobooks

Narrated by:
Jeremy Hardy

Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins

Original Recording

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
78

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
35

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
32

This audio download includes "How to be truly free", "How to have sex", "How to know your place", "How to stay alive for as long as you possibly can", "How to be an Adult" and "How to earn your place in Heaven".

5 out of 5 stars

Hilariously funny social commentary from a master.

By
J
on
02-07-13

Higher: The Complete Series 1-4

A BBC Radio 4 Comedy

By:
Joyce Bryant

Narrated by:
Jonathan Keeble,
Sophie Thompson,
full cast,
and others

Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins

Original Recording

Overall

3 out of 5 stars
4

Performance

3.5 out of 5 stars
3

Story

3 out of 5 stars
2

A BBC comedy drama set in the world of a 'pile 'em high university'. Karen Poynter is the new head of the Geography Department - renamed Geographical Tourism - at Hayborough University, which is definitely not part of the elite Russell Group of top universities. Ranked 132nd in the UK academic league table; if you have a pulse, you can have a degree. This is the high-energy farce of the breeze block and grotty cafeteria, with all the endless meetings, the backstabbings and the sheer panic of a university setting. In an era of increasing fees and cutbacks, this satire has become all the more acute.

Summary

Four of the funniest episodes from the bitingly humorous BBC Radio 4 quiz, chaired by Miles Jupp.

The News Quiz returns to take a sideways look at the headlines, with the help of some up-to-the-minute comedians and commentators. Jostling for a byline in this sparkling collection are Jeremy Hardy, Andy Hamilton, Angela Barnes, Susan Calman, Andrew Maxwell, Fern Brady, Desiree Burch, Michael Deacon, Kerry Godliman, Holly Walsh, Andy Zaltzman and Helen Lewis.

Among the thorny issues the teams delve into are The Presidents Club hostess controversy; Donald Trump’s planned meeting with Kim Jong-un; the Windrush documentation scandal; a faked Russian assassination; Buddhist funerals for robot dogs; and the vexed question of Wetherspoons and the missing steak....